Children

Safeguarding

• We are committed to Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults to worship and grow in Christ safely.

Sunday All Age Worship 

• The regular term time All Age Service, an informal family friendly service, is at 3.30pm on Sundays.

Ark Playgroup

• St James's Ark is a playgroup for carers and under fives which is Christian based and non-educational. It is an important Christian outreach to the children and adults alike. 
• It takes place in church on Monday mornings during term time from 10am – 12 noon. 
• The group provides a fun morning for the children and a chance for the adults to chat with friends old and new in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. 
• About twenty five children usually attend per week with a maximum of thirty families being accommodated. New people are always welcome.
• The cost is £3 each week for the first child, £1 for any others. Any surplus money is donated to one of St James's charities.
• There are two separate play areas, for babies and toddlers, with lots of toys and equipment, much of it donated.
• There is an art and craft table and Coryn comes in twice a term to do a flower-based activity.
• Later in the morning the children can take part in singing and action rhymes and listen to a story.
• Refreshments for both adults and children are available at no extra cost throughout the morning with Fairtrade goods being used. 
• There is access to the toilets in the west porch. 
• There is always a fun filled Christmas Party and a picnic in Bushy Park on the last session before the summer holidays. 

Important information
• If you are new to the group you will be asked to complete a short registration form. Then each time you attend we ask you to sign a register.
• Your children and all your property remain your responsibility at all times. Reasonable steps have been taken to make the Ark a safe environment, but we ask you to monitor and supervise your children and ensure their safety and good behaviour. (Safeguarding Policy).
• Have you observed all the green emergency exit signs? In any emergency requiring an evacuation the playgroup leader will go directly to the assembly point in the front garden of the vicarage (the first house after the church hall). You are required to take your children to the assembly point and inform the leader that you and your children are safe.
• Please respect the privacy of others when taking photographs of your children.

Schools

• St James's has an active relationship with the local schools who are always welcomed into the church.
• Small groups and sometimes whole year groups visit to learn about the church to help with their Religious Education work.
• The local schools are welcomed for their own special services, especially their Christmas Carol Services.
• The clergy and the Children & Families' Worker often visit schools and occasionally take assemblies.
• The children from Hampton Hill Junior School sometimes join with St James's for a Christmas service for the residents of the Care home, Laurel Dene.
• Whole year groups from Carlisle Infant School come to St James's for a three-day Easter Experience and Christmas Experiece. 

Uniformed Groups 

• Although they are not strictly Church organisations, being 'open groups', St James's has an active relationship with the uniformed groups who are always welcomed into the church.
• They sometimes attend the church parade All Age services.
• The scouts generally help with the autumn leaf sweep and gutter clearance.
• The scouts always support the Remembrance Day 11am service at the war memorial in the churchyard, forming a guard of honour with their flags.

Find out more

• Safeguarding Policy (document)
• The Ark Playgroup (Facebook)
• St James's Ark through the years shows some of what happened from when records began up until 2017.
• Brownies and Guides (external website)
Third Hampton Hil Scout Group (external website)
• The History of St James's Children
• Annual Parochial Church Meeting Reports show the latest reports from most teams and groups.

Contact

The Office on 020 8941 6003
Revd Derek Winterburn on 020 8241 5904
 

Children Harvest The Ark

 

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